Capitol Hill Democrats are pressing the White House to pull out all the stops to gird the executive branch against Donald Trump’s promised efforts to tear down federal agencies and restructure them to his liking.

Democratic senators are fast-tracking Biden's judicial nominations before President-elect Trump takes office in January and after several of his nominees have come under fire.

Trump returns to Washington for meetings with Biden at the White House and with congressional Republicans.

President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that's a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual Trump himself declined to participate in four years ago.